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BELL
Unique ID: SUSS-24A016
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy crotal (animal bell) of post-medieval date. This complete example has a square suspension loop with a circular perforation (13.0 by 8.1 by 4.7mm), located between the two circular sound holes of the upper hemisphere. The upper hemisphere is decorated with a sunburst pattern formed of incised lobes. There is a wide median ridge separating the upper and lower hemispheres. The sound slot on the lower hemisphere runs parallel to the suspension loop and terminates in two large circular holes. The lower hemisphere is decorated with a fish scale design and there is no maker's mark. The bell has a dark-grey patina with patches of off-white corrosion product in places. The surface is in a heavily worn condition with parts of the design erased. The 'fish scale' decoration dates this crotal to the 16th or 17th centuries (Bailey 1995, 40-41; ref. 7).
Class: cast spherical
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1525
Date to: Circa AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.7 mm
Weight: 21.65 g
Diameter: 29.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th October 2009
Rally details.
This object was found at Rotary charity rally/Wessex MDC - Hannington (04/10/09)
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket number 25
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Kingsclere (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5557
Four figure Latitude: 51.309466
Four figure longitude: -1.212327
1:25K map: SU5557
1:10K map: SU55NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 40-41 | 7 |
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